Day 99 ~ The Road Less Traveled
Apr 9,
2014
My
first: I took a different and more scenic route in the morning to a job in
another town.
As I
begin each day knowing a “first” will be somewhere along the way, my blood
starts convincing the brain to open up to the possibilities that await. If my
first is already planned, I just go with it. When I have no idea what it will
be, my mind gathers ideas from each thought that pays a visit.
I had a
job in Millstadt and driving the highway I always do was lackluster to say the
least. Time to shake it up a little! I knew of a back road called the Mine Haul
Road; don’t get any ideas. That would be my new course to navigate. I couldn’t
wait to get in the car, with camera in hand, and go to work.
The
morning was about as pretty as it gets here in the Midwest. I was taking it all
in and looking for the perfect shot or shots along the way to memorialize this
trip. I spied on a duck minding his own business. There were tall grasses
illuminated by the sun. Old sheds were framed in tree branches posing for my
shot. Meadows were turning green with envy. Barns and silos patiently waited
for the harvest. Naked trees stood tall and lean, looking starved from the cold
winter. And I found my shadow waving to me!
There
were cars passing, not seeming to be that interested in my Wednesday morning on-my-way
to-work photo shoot. However, soon I noticed a police car on my tail! What was
he doing on this country road at 8:15 in the morning? Did someone call the
police and report a suspicious-looking woman roaming the countryside? I pulled over
to take a shot and he went on by. I guess I looked pretty harmless. Certainly,
there are better candidates than I to be put behind bars.
All during
my travels that morning, I had “Walking on Sunshine” by Katrina and the Waves
blasting on my CD player. My son Todd made me a CD many years ago with this
little gem as the last song on the disk. That song, with its energy and its lyrics,
is a remedy for almost anything that ails you. After all…
It’s “time
to feel good!”
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| Duck minding his own business |
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| My shadow waving to me |
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| Barn waiting for the harvest |
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| Shed framed in tree branches posing for my shot |
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| Meadows green with envy |
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| Mine Haul Road |
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| Tall grasses illuminated by the sun. |
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| Naked trees stood tall and lean, looking starved from the cold winter |
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